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Mural of Olympic Volleyball Star Defaced With Racist Graffiti
Italian player Paola Egonu’s skin was painted over in pink in a widely condemned act of vandalism.
Maya Pontone
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Israel Announces Settlement Near Palestinian World Heritage Site
The settlement in the Occupied West Bank would be located within the protection zone for the UNESCO-recognized village of Battir.
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1,700-Year-Old Gaza Monastery Designated World Heritage in Danger
Saint Hilarion is one of the oldest Christian sites in the region and home to a plethora of intricate mosaics.
Art
Celebrating the Legacy of "Old Lesbian” Advocate Arden Eversmeyer
A short film spotlights Eversmeyer’s “oral herstory project,” a collection of around 940 interviews with approximately 900 women.
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In Shocking Move, Videographer Who Filmed Vandalism of Brooklyn Museum Leaders’ Homes Charged With Hate Crime
Press freedom advocacy organizations expressed alarm at the decision to arrest and charge 32-year-old independent journalist Samuel Seligson.
Art
Latin American Foto Festival Expands Beyond the Bronx
Work by photographers from Guatemala to Brazil can be found in historically Latine neighborhoods across New York City.
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New Statue Honors Vel Phillips, Trailblazing Civil Rights Activist and Politician
Community members say the Wisconsin artwork is the first sculpture of a Black woman installed outside a state capitol building.
Art
Tracing James Baldwin’s Legacy Through His Friendships on His 100th Birthday
The exhibition This Morning, This Evening, So Soon: James Baldwin and the Voices of Queer Resistance documents the writer and activist's life through archival media, photographs, and artwork.
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American Museum of Natural History Repatriates Remains of 124 Native People
The institution holds the bodies of 12,000 individuals from communities within and outside the United States, the majority of which lack identification.
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No, the Olympics Ceremony Did Not Copy “The Last Supper”
The performance that drew ire from conservative critics continues another centuries-old art historical theme: the feast of the gods on Mount Olympus.
Art
How Ted Carey Rendered Queerness Through Folk Art
The late artist’s work subverts the genre’s conventions in its centering of the gay community members he knew or admired and the LGBTQ+ spaces he frequented.
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Iowa Paves Path for Museums With Landmark Restitution of Benin Bronzes
The Stanley Museum of Art is the first North American institution to return the looted objects in its collection to the Benin Royal Court.